Michael Leyendecker

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Michael Leyendecker , who called himself Textor , († probably on November 9, 1636) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman and the 37th abbot of Marienstatt Abbey . His abbatiat only lasted a few months and is probably limited to the year 1636.

Live and act

The exact dates of life, as well as the date of profession and the date of the election of the abbot, are not known. There is a text about the monastic court in Arienheller, which is dated March 18, 1636 and was written by Abbot Textor. The Marienstatter tablets are also mentioned in a copy . However, his time as abbot is dated to 1637 on the tablets.

The date of his death is unclear, there is an unconfirmed report that he died on November 9, 1636. The abbot was buried in the former monastery of the Cistercians in Wallersheim.

literature

  • Gilbert Wellstein: The Cistercian Abbey Marienstatt in the Westerwald. 1955, p. 319.
  • The Cistercian Abbey of Marienstatt. The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The Archdiocese of Cologne 7. Volume 14

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Hillen: The Archdiocese of Cologne 7: The Cistercian Abbey of Marienstatt (Germania Sacra. Third part 14). Berlin / Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Leyendecker, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Textor (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic clergyman, Abbot of Marienstatt
DATE OF BIRTH before 1636
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: November 9, 1636